Haut-Rhin

Also known as Upper Rhine, Oberelsass, Upper Rhine, Alsace

Haut-Rhin () is a department in the Grand Est region, France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine. Its name means Upper Rhine. Haut-Rhin is the smaller and less populated of the two departments of the former administrative Alsace region, the other being Bas-Rhin (Lower Rhine), especially after the 1871 cession of the southern territory known since 1922 as the Territoire de Belfort, although it is still rather densely populated compared to the rest of metropolitan France. It had a population of 770,738 in 2023.

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Haut-Rhin is a department in eastern France, located in the Grand Est region and bordering Germany and Switzerland, named after the Upper Rhine river. It is the smaller of Alsace's two traditional departments, with a population of about 770,000 people, and remains notably densely populated compared to most other areas of France.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Haut-Rhin
Settlement.type: Department of France
Settlement.image_skyline: Colmar Prefecture.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Prefecture building of the Haut-Rhin department, in Colmar
Settlement.image_flag: Drapeau Haut-Rhin.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Blason département fr Haut-Rhin.svg
Settlement.image_map: Haut-Rhin-Position.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Haut-Rhin in France
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: France
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Grand Est
Settlement.seat_type: Prefecture
Settlement.seat: Colmar
Settlement.parts_type: Subprefectures
Settlement.parts_style: para
Settlement.p1: AltkirchMulhouseThann
Settlement.leader_title: Prefect